http://hreocblog.com/2008/04/07/calling-all-young-people-to-have-a-say-on-gender-equality-7-april-2008/ blog.humanrights.gov.au Sat, 19 Jul 2008 19:06:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 http://hreocblog.com/2008/04/07/calling-all-young-people-to-have-a-say-on-gender-equality-7-april-2008/#comment-618 Mark Wed, 16 Apr 2008 18:25:13 +0000 http://hreocblog.com/2008/04/07/calling-all-young-people-to-have-a-say-on-gender-equality-7-april-2008/#comment-618 I wholeheartedly agree with Luke. How can men be expected to embrace dialogue with women whilst women are promoting the values of "feminism"? It is important to embrace values which unite and do not divide Australians. Many women and men have joined the gender equity movement in Australia. Under the equity banner, we can all stand together without focusing on the interests of one group over another. The term feminism exaggerates the interests of one group over the others (both men and other gender identities). Most women have moved past the discriminatory nomenclature. Why is HREOC still promoting feminism when it is clearly an outmoded concept? Is it the case that HREOC is only interested in gender equity where it promotes women's interests? This is the message this blog entry seems to be sending. We in the gender equity movement invite HREOC to join us. Equality is available if we choose to embrace it! I wholeheartedly agree with Luke. How can men be expected to embrace dialogue with women whilst women are promoting the values of “feminism”? It is important to embrace values which unite and do not divide Australians. Many women and men have joined the gender equity movement in Australia. Under the equity banner, we can all stand together without focusing on the interests of one group over another. The term feminism exaggerates the interests of one group over the others (both men and other gender identities). Most women have moved past the discriminatory nomenclature. Why is HREOC still promoting feminism when it is clearly an outmoded concept? Is it the case that HREOC is only interested in gender equity where it promotes women’s interests? This is the message this blog entry seems to be sending. We in the gender equity movement invite HREOC to join us. Equality is available if we choose to embrace it!

]]> http://hreocblog.com/2008/04/07/calling-all-young-people-to-have-a-say-on-gender-equality-7-april-2008/#comment-601 Luke Wed, 09 Apr 2008 13:49:16 +0000 http://hreocblog.com/2008/04/07/calling-all-young-people-to-have-a-say-on-gender-equality-7-april-2008/#comment-601 Perhaps the most critical issue in gender equality is to bring equity to its discussion. Any panel associating feminism with gender equality ignores the half of the population whose voice barely gets acknowledged (eg 2020 summit). The panel could well be called "abolishing feminism: achieving equality in the 21st century" and give us some hope of some productive dialogue between the sexes. Perhaps the most critical issue in gender equality is to bring equity to its discussion. Any panel associating feminism with gender equality ignores the half of the population whose voice barely gets acknowledged (eg 2020 summit). The panel could well be called “abolishing feminism: achieving equality in the 21st century” and give us some hope of some productive dialogue between the sexes.

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